MARKETS

Policy & Regulation

The prudential regulator has opted to maintain its macroprudential settings, citing a “high degree of uncertainty” in the economic outlook. ...

Funds management

An assessment of the largest 197 companies on four major stock exchanges found Australian companies’ reports were less transparent than those from Europe and Asia....

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Funds management

Interest rate cycles do not guarantee the doom and gloom of current economic forecasts, according to a boutique fund manager, and markets could see outperformance....

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Expert Analysis

High-quality growth stocks are expected to perform relatively strongly in the next phase of the economic cycle, writes Tim Richardson....

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Funds management

There are “alarming” signs that retail investors are dismissing market movements in the hope of chasing short-term returns, according to Wealth Within....

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Funds management

Considering the excesses that contributed to the ongoing sell-off are more important than making comparisons with past bear markets....

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Funds management

Valuations have “never compressed so quickly” on the back of rising rate expectations, according to SG Hiscock, with those sectors which had benefitted from negative yiel...

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Funds management

Given the high starting rates, the impact of the Russian/Ukraine war on inflation is being underestimated, according to MFS, and it may be wise for investors to avoid ‘bu...

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Funds management

Despite a 20% decline in the Forager International Shares fund since its peak last year, Forager chief executive Steve Johnson believes there are small-cap bargains to be...

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Funds management

While investors may worry as the market reacts to new COVID variants, Prime Value Asset Management says it is important to cut through the noise....

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Funds management

The World Bank predicts a markedly high deceleration of global growth, which it says highlights the need for a global concerted effort to put more emerging countries on a...

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Funds management

As the pandemic dragged on for a second year, which global market best navigated the uncertainty and volatility?...

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Funds management

Platinum has increased its cash weighting on its International fund to 34% as it is fearful of an impending market correction. ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are expecting local shares to deliver capital gains of 3.5% over the next 12 months, according to Investment Trends....

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Funds management

Australia’s easing of border restrictions and lockdown will see a strong demand recovery through 2022, but investors should be mindful of the impact of future Government ...

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James Patterson

How much did IRESS pay Deloitte for this analysis? Not sure they are the arbiter of intelligent forecasting in this spac...

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Howard Elton

Article makes no comment that the advisers leaving industry are older and have many years of work an life experience w...

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Peter Robinson

This article appears to overlook the fact that there must be a fairly large group of advisers who missed out on the expe...

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ASIC has secured travel restraint orders against a financial adviser while he is the subject of an investigation into alleged financial misconduct....

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Insignia Financial has unveiled a new operating model and executive team, including a new head of advice, while three senior executives are set to depart the licensee....

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Analysis by Chant West of the annual performance of growth superannuation funds has uncovered which ones see the best performance....

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